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Coll 29/25 'Tabriz: office allowance' [‎79r] (157/200)

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The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1919-26 Jun 1934. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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D* Tiie Office work can not be considered to have
gained through the above : as I note that the total amount of
letters and despatches emanating from this Consulate had
diminished by about 5q$ in the last two or three years.
It is not, in my considered opinion, humanly possible
for any Consular Officer - to confront the present and probably
increasing work of this post under such a gigantic handicap.
£* I should also point out that a miniature crusade for
the reestablishment of British commercial importance (I have
avoided employing the word T, Prestige n but the latter also might
seem to have waned) is urgently called for; and the incumbent,
of this post can not even remotely contemplate any sustained
effort in either direction If he has not at least the same
staff at his disposal as is customary even in posts of lesser
past or possible future importance.
G. the appointment of a second whole time Clerk is imper
ative. It would be preferable that he should be a Britisher,
and a junior probationer Vice-Consul would be ideal.
But the matter is of the utmost urgency. There are
matters like the conflict over the prade-Houtes for Tabriz
- hawanduz, frebizond, julfa etc.- and the possibility of aiding
British Transit Trade after any Anglo-Bus si an agreement, which
demand that the Consul himself and the Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. should not be
tied down continuously to mere routine matters of office work.
The latter only would be done well, but there could be no
active work done to recover the commercial importance which
Great Britain did and should to some extent again possess,
H. If, therefore, any importance at all be attached to the
trade of this section of the Fear Bast, and if it be desired
that
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The file concerns the British Consulate at Tabriz.

The file covers:

  • office expenditure
  • grant of an allowance to the Acting Consul
  • employment of a clerk-typist
  • cost of living in Tabriz
  • proposal to grant a bonus on salaries of staff
  • office allowance grants.

The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Government of India, the British Consulate at Tabriz, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.

There are some letters in French within the file, copies of letters from the French Consulate at Tabriz, the Turkish Consulate at Tabriz, the Polish Consulate at Tabriz, and the German Consulate at Tabriz.

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1 file (98 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and French in Latin script
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